CN111630577A - Paper sheet processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The paper sheet processing device comprises: an input unit for inputting the paper sheets from the outside; a recognition unit that recognizes the paper sheets fed from the input unit while allowing the paper sheets to pass in a first direction, and recognizes the paper sheets while allowing the paper sheets to pass in a second direction opposite to the first direction; a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores the paper sheets identified as receivable by the identification unit; a discharge unit for storing the paper sheets identified as unacceptable by the identification unit so that the paper sheets can be taken out to the outside; a storage section for storing the paper sheets fed from the temporary storage section and recognized by the recognition section when the paper sheets pass through the recognition section in the second direction; the paper sheet handling device can convey the paper sheets fed out from the temporary storage section and identified by the identification section when passing through the identification section in the second direction to the input section.

Description

Paper sheet processing device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus.

The present application claims priority based on application No. 2018-11782 filed in japan on 26.1.2018, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Background

The banknote handling apparatus is one of paper sheet handling apparatuses, which takes banknotes loaded in a deposit unit into the apparatus, temporarily retains the banknotes recognized by a recognition unit in a temporary retention unit, and after various kinds of processing are completed, transports the banknotes from the temporary retention unit to a storage unit, and stores the banknotes. The banknote handling device feeds out banknotes stored in the storage unit, conveys the banknotes to the withdrawal unit, and deposits the banknotes outside the machine so as to be removable. Among such banknote handling apparatuses, the banknote handling apparatus described in patent document 1 is provided exclusively with a deposit unit and a withdrawal unit, respectively. That is, the input port for taking in the banknotes into the banknote handling apparatus and the discharge port for discharging the banknotes out of the banknote handling apparatus are exclusively disposed at different positions. This is because the transport direction of the banknotes is different and the optimal layout of the transport paths for depositing and withdrawing is required.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2017-27198

Disclosure of Invention

Technical problem to be solved by the invention

In the above-described paper sheet processing apparatus, there are cases where the paper sheets conveyed to the discharge port of the paper sheet processing apparatus are subjected to re-recognition processing, self-detailed processing, and the like based on the recognition result of the recognition unit. In this case, in order to take the discharged paper sheets into the paper sheet processing apparatus again, an operator needs to take out the paper sheets conveyed to the discharge port and transfer the paper sheets to the input port again. Therefore, the re-identification process and the self-detailed check process of the paper sheets require operations by an operator, and these processes require time.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of shortening processing time such as re-recognition processing and self-review processing of paper sheets.

Means for solving the problems

In order to achieve the above object, a paper sheet handling apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes: an input unit into which the paper sheets are input from the outside and from which the input paper sheets are sent out to the inside; a recognition unit that recognizes the paper sheets fed from the input unit while allowing the paper sheets to pass in a first direction; a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores the paper sheets that are fed from the input unit and recognized as receivable by the recognition unit passing in the first direction, and feeds out the temporarily stored paper sheets; a discharge unit that stores the paper sheets that are fed from the input unit and identified as unacceptable by the identification unit so that the paper sheets can be taken out to the outside; a storage section that stores the paper sheets that are fed out from the temporary storage section and identified by the identification section passing in the second direction; the paper sheet handling device conveys the paper sheets fed out from the temporary storage unit and identified by the identification unit passing in the second direction to the input unit.

According to the first aspect, the paper sheets fed from the outside of the apparatus are fed from the feeding section into the apparatus, the paper sheets are identified while being passed in the first direction by the identifying section, and the paper sheets identified as receivable are temporarily stored in the temporary storage section. On the other hand, the paper sheets identified as unacceptable are conveyed to the discharge section so as to be taken out of the apparatus. The paper sheets temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit are identified while passing through the identification unit in the second direction, and are stored in the storage unit based on the identification result. On the other hand, the paper sheets temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit can be identified while passing through the second direction in the identification unit, and then can be conveyed to the input unit. Therefore, for example, when the paper-sheets are conveyed in both the first direction and the second direction of the identification unit and identified, the paper-sheets can be conveyed back and forth by the path connecting the input unit, the identification unit, and the temporary storage unit. Thus, the processing time can be shortened. Further, for example, when the paper sheets temporarily stored in the temporary storage section are identified while passing through the identification section in the second direction and stored in the storage section based on the result, the paper sheets identified as abnormal by the identification section can be conveyed to the input section, then conveyed from the input section to the temporary storage section, then conveyed from the temporary storage section, passed through the identification section in the opposite direction to be re-identified, and stored in the storage section based on the result. Therefore, the input operation of manually inputting the paper sheets into the input portion for re-identifying the paper sheets identified as abnormal by the identification portion can be omitted. Therefore, the processing time can be shortened, and the workload can be suppressed.

A second aspect of the present invention is a paper sheet processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the identification adjustment processing is processing for passing a paper sheet for identification adjustment in the identification portion in the first direction while being identified by the identification portion, and passing the paper sheet for identification adjustment in the second direction while being identified by the identification portion, and in the identification adjustment processing, the paper sheet for identification adjustment fed into the input portion and fed out from the input portion is passed in the first direction in the identification portion while being identified by the identification portion, and then is transported to the temporary storage portion, and the paper sheet for identification adjustment is fed out from the temporary storage portion, passed in the identification portion in the second direction while being identified by the identification portion, and then is returned to the input portion.

According to the second aspect, in the identification adjustment processing in which the paper sheets for identification adjustment are passed through the identification portion in the first direction and are identified by the identification portion, and the paper sheets for identification adjustment are passed through the identification portion in the second direction and are identified by the identification portion, the paper sheets for identification adjustment fed into the input portion and fed out from the input portion are passed through the identification portion in the first direction and are identified by the identification portion, and then are conveyed to the temporary storage portion, and the paper sheets for identification adjustment are fed out from the temporary storage portion, passed through the identification portion in the second direction and are identified by the identification portion, and then are returned to the input portion. Therefore, the sheets for identification adjustment can be transported back and forth by the path connecting the input portion, the identification portion, and the temporary storage portion. Therefore, the processing time of the recognition adjustment processing can be shortened.

A third aspect of the present invention provides the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the self-detailed examination processing is processing for feeding out the paper sheets stored in the storage unit from the storage unit and temporarily storing the paper sheets in the temporary storage unit, then feeding out the paper sheets stored in the temporary storage unit from the temporary storage unit and passing the paper sheets through the identification unit in the second direction, and simultaneously identifying the paper sheets by the identification unit, and then storing the paper sheets in the storage unit, in the self-detailed-check processing, the sheet-like materials that are fed out from the temporary storage section and identified as abnormal by the identification section when passing through the identification section in the second direction are conveyed to the input section, then fed out from the input section and returned to the temporary storage section, fed out from the temporary storage section and passed through the identification section in the second direction, and identified by the identification section.

According to the third aspect, the self-detailed-check processing is processing in which the paper sheets in the storage section are fed out from the storage section and temporarily stored in the temporary storage section, then the paper sheets in the temporary storage section are fed out from the temporary storage section and passed through the recognition section in the second direction, and are recognized by the recognition section, and then the paper sheets are stored in the storage section. Therefore, the input operation of manually inputting the paper sheets into the input portion for re-identifying the paper sheets identified as abnormal by the identification portion can be omitted. Therefore, the processing time of the self-detailed examination process can be shortened, and the workload can be suppressed.

Effects of the invention

According to the present invention, a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of shortening a processing time can be provided.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a side view schematically showing a paper sheet handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2A is a side view schematically showing a money receiving processing route, a route preceding a sorting count process, and a route preceding a money receiving slot replenishment process in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2B is a side view schematically showing a storage processing route, an abnormal banknote storage route, a withdrawal.

Fig. 3 is a side view schematically showing a return processing route and a subsequent route of the finishing counting process in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a side view schematically showing a withdrawal processing route and a route before withdrawal processing in the paper-sheet processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5A is a side view schematically showing an outward route of a self-detailed inspection process and a previous route of a recovery process in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5B is a side view schematically showing a circuit path of a self-detailed inspection process in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6A is a side view schematically showing a preceding stage route of the self-detailed retry process in the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6B is a side view schematically showing a subsequent path of the self-detailed retry process in the paper sheet handling apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a side view schematically showing a front stage of the cassette replenishing process in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a side view schematically showing a subsequent path of the recovery process in the paper-sheet processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9A is a side view schematically showing an outward route of the recognition adjustment process in the paper-sheet processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9B is a side view schematically showing a circuit path of the recognition adjustment process in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, a paper sheet handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The paper sheet handling apparatus 10 of the present embodiment handles banknotes as paper sheets. Of course, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 may handle paper sheets other than banknotes. The paper sheet handling apparatus 10 is a banknote depositing and dispensing apparatus capable of performing a deposit process in which banknotes inserted from the outside are stored inside and a withdrawal process in which the banknotes stored inside are fed out so as to be taken out to the outside. Note that "front" in the following description indicates the operator side, and "rear" indicates the side opposite to the operator.

As shown in fig. 1, an input unit 11 for inputting banknotes for deposit from outside the apparatus is provided at an upper portion of the front surface side of the paper sheet handling apparatus 10. A discharge unit 12 is provided behind the input unit 11 of the paper sheet processing apparatus 10. The discharge unit 12 is configured to feed out unacceptable rejected banknotes among the banknotes for deposit from the inside, and to feed out banknotes for withdrawal from the inside so that the banknotes can be taken out to the outside. A touch panel type operation display unit 14 is provided behind the discharge unit 12 on the upper surface of the paper sheet processing apparatus 10. The operation display unit 14 receives an operation input from an operator and displays the operation input to the operator. The input portion 11 is provided with a shutter 13 for opening and closing the input portion.

A recognition unit 17 for recognizing the banknotes is provided behind the insertion unit 11, and a temporary storage unit 18 for temporarily storing the banknotes recognized by the recognition unit 17 is provided behind the recognition unit 17.

The loading plate 19 is provided in a posture in which the input portion 11 is lowered backward (obliquely backward and downward). The mounting plate 19 is raised in a direction of rising rearward (obliquely rearward and upward) and lowered forward (obliquely forward and downward) in the input portion 11. In a state where the shutter 13 is opened, the bills stacked on the mounting plate 19 in a lowered state are mounted from the outside. The banknotes are fed into the input unit 11 in a state in which the lateral length is left and right. At this time, the bills placed on the placing plate 19 are stacked in a diagonally upward and rearward direction. The placing plate 19 is raised to lift the stacked bills in a diagonally upward and rearward direction. The input unit 11 feeds the stacked banknotes into the apparatus one by one from the uppermost portion in the stacking direction.

A deposit transport path 21 for transporting the banknotes fed out from the input unit 11 is connected to a rear end portion of the input unit 11. The deposit transport path 21 includes an inclined path portion 22 extending obliquely rearward and downward from the input portion 11, and a horizontal path portion 23 extending horizontally rearward from a rear end of the inclined path portion 22. The deposit transport path 21 is connected to the recognition unit 17 at the rear end of the horizontal transport unit 23.

The bill can be transported to and from the inclined transport path section 22 and the horizontal transport path section 23 in the deposit transport path 21. In other words, the deposit transport path 21 can transport the banknotes back and forth over the entire transport length thereof.

The recognition unit 17 includes an inner conveyance path 25 that is disposed on the same straight line as the horizontal conveyance path 23 of the deposit conveyance path 21 and extends horizontally rearward from the rear end of the horizontal conveyance path 23. The internal conveyance path 25 conveys the banknotes further backward from the horizontal conveyance unit 23. The internal conveyance path 25 can convey the banknotes back and forth over the entire conveyance length thereof. The recognition unit 17 can recognize the banknotes while the banknotes are being transported in the first direction (one direction) from front to back in the internal transport path 25 and while the banknotes are being transported in the second direction (the opposite direction) from back to front in the internal transport path 25. That is, the recognition unit 17 can recognize the banknotes in the conveyance in both the first direction and the second direction opposite thereto. The recognition unit 17 recognizes the authenticity, damage, denomination, presence or absence of double feed, skew, and other conveyance abnormalities of the banknotes being conveyed through the internal conveyance path 25.

The linear conveyance path 26 extends horizontally rearward from the rear end portion of the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition portion 17. The rear end of the linear conveyance path 26 is connected to the temporary storage 18. The linear conveyance path 26 conveys the banknotes further backward from the internal conveyance path 25. The linear conveyance path 26 can convey the banknotes back and forth over the entire conveyance length thereof. The horizontal conveying path portion 23, the internal conveying path 25, and the linear conveying path 26 of the deposit conveying path 21 are aligned in a straight line. The recognition unit 17 and the temporary storage unit 18 are connected by a straight linear conveyance path 26. For example, the banknotes inserted into the insertion unit 11 are fed out from the insertion unit 11 and conveyed toward the recognition unit 17 through the deposit conveyance path 21. The banknotes conveyed are recognized by the recognition unit 17 while being conveyed in the first direction by the internal conveyance path 25. Thereafter, the recognized banknotes are transported to the temporary storage unit 18 through the linear transport path 26 and stored therein. That is, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the banknotes fed from the input unit 11 while allowing the banknotes to pass in the first direction.

As described above, the banknotes can be transported to and fro through the deposit transport path 21, the internal transport path 25, and the linear transport path 26, which connect the input unit 11 and the temporary storage unit 18. Therefore, the banknotes fed from the input unit 11 and passed through the recognition unit 17 in the first direction can be conveyed to the temporary storage unit 18. The banknotes fed out from the temporary storage unit 18 and passed through the recognition unit 17 in the second direction can be transported to the insertion unit 11.

The temporary storage unit 18 temporarily stores banknotes in a feedable state. That is, the temporary storage unit 18 sequentially takes in and temporarily stores the banknotes conveyed from the linear conveyance path 26 one by one. The temporary storage unit 18 sequentially feeds the stored banknotes one by one to the linear conveyance path 26. The temporary storage unit 18 is of a winding storage type: the banknotes are sequentially wound around the drum together with the tape at intervals and stored, and the banknotes are released from the drum together with the tape and fed out. The winding storage type temporary storage unit 18 stores banknotes in the order of receipt and feeds out banknotes in the order reverse to the storage order. For example, the temporary storage unit 18 temporarily stores the banknotes that are fed out from the insertion unit 11 and recognized as receivable by the recognition unit 17 while being conveyed in the first direction, and feeds out the banknotes thus temporarily stored.

The withdrawal conveyance path 27 branches upward from an intermediate position of the linear conveyance path 26. The withdrawal transport path 27 is connected to the discharge unit 12. The intermediate conveyance path 28 branches upward from a position between the position of the straight conveyance path 26 where the withdrawal conveyance path 27 branches and the inner conveyance path 25. The intermediate conveyance path 28 merges into an intermediate position of the withdrawal conveyance path 27. By branching the withdrawal conveyance path 27 and the intermediate conveyance path 28, the linear conveyance path 26 is divided into a front side conveyance part 31, an intermediate conveyance part 32, and a rear side conveyance part 33. The front-side conveying path portion 31 is located on the front side as viewed from the branching position of the intermediate conveying path 28. The intermediate conveyance path portion 32 is located between the branching position of the intermediate conveyance path 28 and the branching position of the withdrawal conveyance path 27. The rear side conveying section 33 is located on the rear side as viewed from the branching position of the withdrawal conveyance path 27. Between the linear conveyance path 26 and the intermediate conveyance path 28, the banknotes can be conveyed from the intermediate conveyance path portion 32 to the intermediate conveyance path 28. Note that the banknotes can be transported from the intermediate transport path portion 32 to the withdrawal transport path 27 between the linear transport path 26 and the withdrawal transport path 27. The intermediate conveyance path 28 can convey bills only in the direction from the linear conveyance path 26 toward the withdrawal conveyance path 27 over the entire conveyance length. The withdrawal transport path 27 can transport bills only in the direction toward the discharge unit 12 over the entire transport length.

The withdrawal transport path 27 transports the banknotes transported from the front side transport path portion 31 and the intermediate transport path portion 32 of the linear transport path 26 to the discharge portion 12. The withdrawal transport path 27 includes an upper path portion 35, a front upper path portion 36, and a front lower path portion 37. The upper path portion 35 extends upward in a semicircular shape from between the intermediate path portion 32 and the rear path portion 33 of the linear conveyance path 26. The front upper feed path portion 36 linearly extends forward and upward from the upper end portion of the upper feed path portion 35. The front lower feeding path portion 37 extends slightly forward and downward from the front end portion of the front upper feeding path portion 36 and is connected to the discharge portion 12.

The discharge unit 12 deposits the banknotes fed from the front lower path unit 37 of the withdrawal transport path 27 obliquely from the front lower side to the rear upper side. The banknotes stacked in the discharge unit 12 are taken out from the discharge unit 12 to the outside. The withdrawal transport path 27 branches and transports, for example, banknotes that are fed from the input unit 11 and are identified as unacceptable by the identification unit 17 while being transported in the first direction, upward from between the intermediate transport path unit 32 and the rear transport path unit 33 of the linear transport path 26, and then discharges the banknotes to the discharge unit 12. The discharge unit 12 discharges the discharged banknotes so as to be able to be taken out of the apparatus. The intermediate conveyance path 28 branches and conveys, for example, banknotes fed from the temporary storage unit 18 to the linear conveyance path 26 upward from between the intermediate conveyance path 32 and the front conveyance path 31 and conveys the banknotes to the withdrawal conveyance path 27. The withdrawal transport path 27 transports the banknotes transported from the temporary storage unit 18 to the withdrawal transport path 27 via the rear side transport path unit 33, the intermediate transport path unit 32, and the intermediate transport path 28 to the discharge unit 12.

The input unit 11, the discharge unit 12, the operation display unit 14, the recognition unit 17 including the internal conveyance path 25, the temporary storage unit 18, the deposit conveyance path 21, the linear conveyance path 26, the withdrawal conveyance path 27, and the intermediate conveyance path 28 are provided in the upper unit 40 of the paper-sheet processing apparatus 10.

The lower unit 41 is configured from the middle to the lower part in the height direction of the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 located below the upper unit 40. A front box 42 is provided at a front position of the lower unit 41, and eight storage units 43 in total, which are two-tiered in the upper and lower direction and four rows in the front and rear direction, are provided behind the front box 42.

The upper and lower conveyance paths 46 branch downward from an intermediate position of the horizontal conveyance portion 23 of the deposit conveyance path 21. The vertical conveyance path 46 extends downward from the horizontal conveyance section 23 and is connected to the front box 42. By branching off the upper and lower conveyance paths 46, the horizontal conveyance path portion 23 of the deposit conveyance path 21 is divided into a front-side component 48 and a rear-side component 49. The front-side constituent member 48 is located on the front side as viewed from the branching position of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46. The rear-side constituent member 49 is located on the rear side as viewed from the branching position of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46. The paper money can be moved between the front-side constituent part 48 and the rear-side constituent part 49, and the paper money can be moved between the up-down conveyance path 46 and the rear-side constituent part 49. The upper and lower conveyance paths 46 can convey the banknotes back and forth over the entire conveyance length thereof. The upper and lower conveyance paths 46 convey, for example, banknotes that are sent out from the temporary storage unit 18 to the linear conveyance path 26, conveyed in the second direction in the internal conveyance path 25, and passed through the recognition unit 17. The vertical transport path 46 transports the banknotes transported in this manner downward from the middle of the deposit transport path 21 on the opposite side of the recognition unit 17 from the linear transport path 26, and stores the banknotes in the front cassette 42.

The front box 42 can take in and store banknotes one by one in sequence, and can send out the stored banknotes one by one in sequence. The front box 42 is of a stack storage type: the banknote receiving device receives banknotes from the upper portion, stacks and stores the banknotes in a horizontal state from the bottom to the top, and feeds out the stored banknotes from the banknotes at the upper end portion. The front cassette 42 of the stack storage type has a significantly improved banknote storage efficiency compared to a winding storage type such as the temporary storage unit 18 and a storage unit 43 described later.

The storage conveyance path 51 branches rearward from the middle position of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46. The storage and conveyance path 51 extends horizontally rearward from the vertical conveyance path 46, and then extends downward near the rear end of the paper-sheet handling device 10 to be connected to the storage portion 43 on the upper stage of the last row. The storage conveyance path 51 is also connected to the storage section 43 at the lower layer of the last row via the storage section 43. By branching the storage conveyance path 51, the upper and lower conveyance paths 46 are divided into an upper side conveyance path portion 55 that is on the upper side as viewed from the branching position of the storage conveyance path 51 and a lower side conveyance path portion 56 that is on the lower side as viewed from the branching position of the storage conveyance path 51. The storage conveyance path 51 can convey paper money to and fro over the entire conveyance length thereof.

The branched conveyance paths 72, 73, and 74 are branched downward at a plurality of positions, specifically three positions, from the middle position of the storage conveyance path 51. The branch conveyance path 72 is connected to the storage unit 43 at the upper stage in the front most row, and is connected to the storage unit 43 at the lower stage in the front most row via the storage unit 43. The branch conveyance path 73 is connected to the storage section 43 on the upper layer of the second row from the front, and is connected to the storage section 43 on the lower layer of the second row from the front via the storage section 43. The branch conveyance path 74 is connected to the upper storage unit 43 in the third row from the front, and is connected to the lower storage unit 43 in the third row from the front via the storage unit 43. The branch conveyance paths 72, 73, and 74 can convey bills back and forth over the entire conveyance length.

The eight storage units 43 store the banknotes so as to be able to feed out, and the eight storage units 43 take in and store the banknotes one by one in sequence and feed out the stored banknotes one by one in sequence. The eight accommodating portions 43 are all of a winding accommodating type: the eight storage units 43 feed out the banknotes while counting the banknotes by sequentially winding the banknotes around the drum together with the tape at intervals and storing the banknotes, and releasing the banknotes from the drum together with the tape. The winding storage type storage unit 43 stores banknotes in the order of receipt and feeds out banknotes in the order reverse to the storage order. Therefore, even when banknotes of a plurality of denominations are stored in one storage unit 43 in a randomly mixed manner, the denomination of each of the stored banknotes can be grasped from the recognition result of the recognition unit 17. This makes it possible to grasp the denomination of each bill sent out.

The storage conveyance path 51 and the branch conveyance paths 72, 73, and 74 are configured to convey the banknotes fed from the temporary storage unit 18 to the linear conveyance path 26 in the second direction by the internal conveyance path 25, passed through the recognition unit 17, and recognized by the recognition unit 17, to the rear side from the middle of the vertical conveyance path 46, and to selectively store the banknotes in the eight storage units 43. For example, the eight storage units 43 can be all set as the following coin type storage units: each banknote is set to a single denomination, and only the banknotes of the set denomination are stored. Alternatively, several of the eight storage units 43 may be set as a single denomination storage unit that is set to store only banknotes of a single denomination, and the rest may be set as a denomination mixing storage unit that can store banknotes of a plurality of denominations so as to mix the denominations. Here, at least one of the eight storage units 43 is set as a coin-type mixing storage unit, one is set as a worn coin storage unit for storing worn coins, and the remaining is set as a single coin-type storage unit.

The lower unit 41 is provided with a front box 42, eight storage sections 43, a lower portion of an upper conveyance section 55 of the vertical conveyance path 46, a lower conveyance section 56, a storage conveyance path 51, and branch conveyance paths 72 to 74. The upper portion of the upper conveyance path 55 of the vertical conveyance path 46 is provided in the upper unit 40.

The lower unit 41 includes a rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped case 75 opened forward, a unit main body 76 provided with eight receiving portions 43 disposed in the case 75, and a lid 77 that opens and closes a front opening of the case 75. The front box 42 is detachably provided to be able to be pulled out forward from the unit main body 76.

Next, the main operation of the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described.

< deposit processing >

When an operation to start the deposit process is input to the operation display unit 14, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 opens the shutter 13. When the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 detects that the banknotes are inserted into the insertion section 11 from the outside by a sensor not shown in the figure in this state, the shutter 13 is closed, and then the banknotes are conveyed through the deposit processing path shown by a thick line in fig. 2A. At this time, the input unit 11 feeds out the banknotes by separating them one by one. The fed banknotes are transported by the deposit transport path 21, the internal transport path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the front side transport path unit 31 of the linear transport path 26, and the intermediate transport path unit 32. During the conveyance in the first direction of the internal conveyance path 25 at this time, the recognition section 17 recognizes the banknotes one by one. The banknotes recognized as receivable by the recognition unit 17 are conveyed to the temporary storage unit 18 by the intermediate conveyance unit 32 and the rear conveyance unit 33 of the linear conveyance path 26, and are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 (see thick solid lines in fig. 2A). On the other hand, the banknotes recognized as unreceivable by the recognition unit 17 are conveyed to the discharge unit 12 by the intermediate conveyance path unit 32 and the withdrawal conveyance path 27 of the linear conveyance path 26 (see thick solid lines to thick broken lines in fig. 2A).

Since the input unit 11 separates and feeds out the banknotes stacked in the thickness direction, there is a possibility that conveyance abnormalities such as double feed and skew may occur at the time of feeding out. Such abnormal banknotes are also recognized by the recognition unit 17 as unacceptable during conveyance in the first direction of the internal conveyance path 25 at that time, and are conveyed to the discharge unit 12. When all the banknotes inserted into the insertion unit 11 are transported to one of the temporary storage unit 18 and the discharge unit 12, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 displays information on the amount of money such as the number of banknotes of each denomination and the total amount of banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 on the operation display unit 14 based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17. The banknotes conveyed to the discharge section 12 can be taken out from the outside.

< storage treatment >

After the deposit process, that is, after the amount information is displayed on the operation display unit 14, if the operator inputs a confirmation operation to the operation display unit 14, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes through the storage processing route indicated by the thick line in fig. 2B. That is, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage 18 are fed out one by one from the temporary storage 18, and are conveyed by the linear conveyance path 26, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the rear-side constituent unit 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the upper-side conveyance unit 55 of the up-down conveyance path 46, and the storage conveyance path 51. During the conveyance in the second direction of the internal conveyance path 25 at this time, the recognition section 17 recognizes the banknotes one by one. Based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17, the banknotes are allocated to any selected one of the eight storage units 43 by any selected one of the storage and conveyance paths 51 and the branched conveyance paths 72 to 74. The dispensed banknotes are stored in any corresponding storage section 32 of the eight storage sections 43. At this time, the banknotes recognized as being normal banknotes but defective banknotes by the recognition unit 17 are stored in the storage unit 43 set as a defective banknote storage unit. Since the temporary storage unit 18 is of a winding storage type, it is difficult for conveyance abnormality such as skew to occur at the time of feeding, but when conveyance abnormality is detected by the recognition unit 17 and when recognition abnormality occurs in the recognition unit 17, these abnormal banknotes are stored in the storage unit 43 in which the worn banknote storage unit is set.

< Return treatment >

After the deposit process, that is, after the amount information is displayed on the operation display unit 14, if the operator inputs a return operation to the operation display unit 14, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes through a return processing route indicated by a thick line in fig. 3. That is, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 are fed out one by one from the temporary storage unit 18, and are conveyed to the discharge unit 12 through the rear side conveying path unit 33, the intermediate conveying path unit 32, the intermediate conveying path 28, and the withdrawal conveying path 27 of the linear conveying path 26. The banknotes transported to the discharge portion 12 can be taken out (returned) from the outside.

< finishing count treatment >

When an operation for designating a denomination is input to the operation display unit 14 and then an operation for starting the sorting count process is input, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 opens the shutter 13. When the sensor detects that the banknotes are inserted into the insertion section 11 from the outside in this state, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 closes the shutter 13 and then conveys the banknotes through the preceding route of the sorting and counting process, which is the same as the deposit process route shown by the thick line in fig. 2A. That is, the insertion unit 11 separates and feeds out the banknotes one by one, and the fed-out banknotes are conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 21, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the front side conveyance unit 31 of the linear conveyance path 26, and the intermediate conveyance unit 32. During the conveyance in the first direction of the internal conveyance path 25 at this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the bill. The straight conveyance path 26 conveys the banknotes recognized as being of the designated denomination by the recognition unit 17 to the temporary storage unit 18, and temporarily stores the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 18 (see thick solid lines in fig. 2A). Meanwhile, the banknotes (including the banknotes with conveyance failure) recognized as not being of the designated denomination by the recognition unit 17 are conveyed from the front-side conveying unit 31 and the intermediate conveying unit 32 of the linear conveying path 26 to the withdrawal conveying path 27, and further conveyed from the withdrawal conveying path 27 to the discharge unit 12 (see thick solid lines to thick broken lines in fig. 2A). The banknotes conveyed to the discharge section 12 can be taken out from the outside.

When all the banknotes inserted into the insertion unit 11 are in a state of being transported to one of the temporary storage unit 18 and the discharge unit 12, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 transports the banknotes by a subsequent stage of the sorting and counting process similar to the return process path shown by a thick line in fig. 3, on the condition that the banknotes in the discharge unit 12 are taken out. That is, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 are fed out and conveyed to the discharge unit 12 through the rear side conveying path unit 33, the intermediate conveying path unit 32, the intermediate conveying path 28, and the withdrawal conveying path 27 of the linear conveying path 26. The paper sheet processing apparatus 10 displays, on the operation display unit 14, money amount information such as the denomination, number, and total amount of the set denomination of banknotes transported to the discharge unit 12, based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 in the preceding route. The banknotes conveyed to the discharge section 12 can be taken out from the outside. Here, since only the banknotes recognized as the designated denomination by the recognition unit 17 in the preceding route are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18, the banknotes transported from the temporary storage unit 18 to the discharge unit 12 in the succeeding route correspond to the recognition result by the recognition unit 17 in the preceding route, and the banknotes can be recognized without the recognition unit 17 in the succeeding route.

< withdrawal processing >

When the selection operation of the withdrawal process and the amount information of the banknotes to be withdrawn are input to the operation display unit 14 and the banknotes are withdrawn from the storage unit 43 set as the single denomination storage unit, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes from the storage unit 43 storing the banknotes of the withdrawal target denomination using the withdrawal process route indicated by the thick line in fig. 4. That is, one of the storage units 43 feeds out the stored banknotes while counting the banknotes. The fed banknotes are transported to the discharge unit 12 by one of the branched transport paths 72 to 74, the storage transport path 51, the upper transport path portion 55 of the up-down transport path 46, the rear side constituent portion 49 of the deposit transport path 21, the inner transport path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the front side transport path portion 31 of the linear transport path 26, the intermediate transport path portion 32, and the withdrawal transport path 27 (see thick solid lines in fig. 4). The paper sheet handling apparatus 10 confirms the amount information of the banknotes to be withdrawn based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 at this time. The banknotes conveyed to the discharge section 12 can be taken out from the outside.

Since all the storage sections 43 are of a winding storage type, conveyance failure such as skew is less likely to occur at the time of feeding. Note that the banknotes for which the conveyance abnormality is detected by the recognition unit 17 and the abnormal banknotes for which the recognition abnormality has occurred in the recognition unit 17 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 by the front side path unit 31, the intermediate path unit 32, and the rear side path unit 33 of the linear conveyance path 26 (see thick solid lines to thick broken lines in fig. 4). At the end of the withdrawal process, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 sends out the abnormal banknotes from the temporary storage unit 18 through the abnormal banknote storage path similar to the storage processing path indicated by the thick line in fig. 2B, and stores the abnormal banknotes in the storage unit 43 set as the worn banknote storage unit.

< withdrawal retreat Process >

When the banknotes are taken out from the storage unit 43 set as the denomination-mix storage unit, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes by the preceding route of the withdrawal process, which is the same as the withdrawal process route indicated by the thick line in fig. 4. At this time, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes to be dispensed from the storage unit 43 set as the denomination-mixing storage unit to the discharge unit 12 through one of the branched conveyance paths 72 to 74, the storage conveyance path 51, the upper conveyance path 55 of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46, the rear constituent member 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the inner conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the front conveyance path unit 31 of the linear conveyance path 26, the intermediate conveyance path unit 32, and the dispensing conveyance path 27. The paper-sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys banknotes other than the withdrawal target fed from the storage unit 43 set as the denomination-mixing storage unit to the temporary storage unit 18 through one of the branch conveyance paths 72 to 74, the storage conveyance path 51, the upper conveyance path 55 of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46, the rear-side constituent unit 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the inner conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, and the linear conveyance path 26, and temporarily stores them in the temporary storage unit 18. The banknotes conveyed to the discharge section 12 can be taken out from the outside.

When all the banknotes to be dispensed are transported to the discharge unit 12, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 transports the banknotes in the subsequent stage of the withdrawal process, which is the same as the storage process path shown by the thick line in fig. 2B. That is, the temporary storage 18 feeds out the banknotes other than the temporarily stored withdrawal objects, and the banknotes other than the temporarily stored withdrawal objects are conveyed by the linear conveyance path 26, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the rear-side constituent unit 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the upper-side conveyance unit 55 of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46, and the storage conveyance path 51. During the conveyance in the second direction of the internal conveyance path 25 at this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the bill. Based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17, any one of the storage and conveyance paths 51 and the branched conveyance paths 72 to 74 selected distributes the banknotes to the storage unit to which the recognized banknotes are distributed among the eight storage units 43 including the storage unit 43 set as the worn banknote storage unit. The dispensed banknotes are stored in one of the storage sections 43 to be dispensed.

< self-detailed examination processing >

When the selection operation of the self-detailed process is input to the operation display unit 14, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 first conveys the banknotes along the outward route of the self-detailed process shown by the thick line in fig. 5A. That is, when the storage units 43 other than the worn-out banknote storage unit among the eight storage units 43 are to be checked, the banknotes are fed out from one storage unit 43 to be checked. The paper sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys the fed bills to the temporary storage unit 18 by one of the branched conveyance paths 72 to 74, the storage conveyance path 51, the upper conveyance path portion 55 of the up-down conveyance path 46, the rear side constituent portion 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the inner conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, and the linear conveyance path 26, and temporarily stores the bills in the temporary storage unit 18. During the conveyance of the internal conveyance path 25 in the first direction at this time, the recognition unit 17 does not recognize the bill. In this way, all banknotes stored in one storage unit 43 to be examined are conveyed to the temporary storage unit 18.

Next, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes by using a circuit route of the self-detailed processing shown by a thick line in fig. 5B. That is, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 are fed out one by one from the temporary storage unit 18, and are conveyed by the linear conveyance path 26, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the rear-side constituent unit 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the upper-side conveyance unit 55 of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46, and the storage conveyance path 51. During the conveyance in the second direction of the internal conveyance path 25 at this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the bill. Of the storage and conveyance paths 51 and the branch conveyance paths 72 to 74, any one of the branch conveyance paths selected based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 conveys and stores banknotes into any one of the eight storage units 43 selected based on the recognition result (see thick solid lines in fig. 5B). Here, the recognition unit 17 recognizes an abnormality of the bill, an abnormality of conveyance, or the like during conveyance in the second direction from the circuit route of the detailed examination process. If an abnormal banknote whose denomination and number cannot be specified due to such an abnormality is detected, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 transports and stores the abnormal banknote to the storage unit 43 assigned as a defective banknote storage unit by using any one of the storage transport path 51 and the branch transport paths 72 to 74.

When all the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 are in a state of being transported to any one of the eight storage units 43, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 specifies the amount information, which is the information on the number of banknotes stored in the storage unit 43 to be examined, based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 at that time. In addition, the storage unit 43 other than the detailed object is also added with the amount of settlement.

As described above, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 feeds out the banknotes in the storage unit 43 from the storage unit 43 and temporarily stores the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 18 during the self-detailed process. Thereafter, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 feeds out the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 18 from the temporary storage unit 18, passes the banknotes in the second direction through the recognition unit 17, and recognizes the banknotes by the recognition unit 17. Based on the recognition result, the information is stored in one of the storage sections 43.

The same processing as described above is performed for all the storage units 43 other than the storage unit 43 set as the worn coin storage unit, and the individual amount information is specified for all the storage units 43 to be examined in detail.

When the storage unit 43 set as the worn coin storage unit is set as the detailed examination target, a selection operation from the detailed examination process for the storage unit 43 is input to the operation display unit 14. In this case, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 first conveys the banknotes from the storage unit 43 set as the worn banknote storage unit, using an outward route from the detailed examination process indicated by a thick line in fig. 5A. That is, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 feeds out the banknotes from the storage unit 43 set as the worn note storage unit, and conveys the fed-out banknotes to the temporary storage unit 18 through one of the branched conveyance paths 72 to 74 corresponding to the worn note storage unit, the storage conveyance path 51, the upper conveyance path portion 55 of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46, the rear side constituent portion 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, and the linear conveyance path 26. The transported banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18. At this time, the recognition unit 17 does not recognize the bill during the conveyance in the first direction of the internal conveyance path 25. In this way, all banknotes stored in the worn banknote storage unit as the detailed examination object are conveyed to the temporary storage unit 18.

Next, the banknotes are transported by a circuit route of the self-detailed inspection process shown by a thick line in fig. 5B. That is, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 feeds out the temporarily stored banknotes from the temporary storage unit 18, and conveys the banknotes through the linear conveyance path 26 and the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17. During the conveyance in the second direction of the internal conveyance path 25 at this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the bill. The normal banknotes other than the banknotes determined to be abnormal are conveyed to one of the eight storage units 43 selected based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 by one of the rear-side constituent unit 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the upper-side conveyance unit 55 of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46, the storage conveyance path 51, and the branch conveyance paths 72 to 74, and stored in the storage unit 43 (see thick solid line of fig. 5B). In this case, the worn money is again accommodated in the accommodating portion 43 set as the worn money accommodating portion.

The storage unit 43 set as the worn-out bill storage unit recognizes an abnormality of the bill, an abnormality of conveyance, or the like, during conveyance in the second direction from the internal conveyance path 25 in the circuit route of the detailed examination process. When abnormal banknotes of such abnormality are detected, the paper-sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys the abnormal banknotes to the input unit 11 in a state where the shutter 13 is closed, by using the horizontal path unit 23 and the inclined path unit 22 of the deposit conveyance path 21 (see thick solid lines to thick broken lines in fig. 5B).

When all the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 are in a state of being transported to any one of the eight storage units 43 and the input unit 11, if there is no abnormal banknote that is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 17 and transported to the input unit 11 in a state of closing the shutter 13, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 specifies the amount information, which is the information on the number of banknotes stored in the worn-out banknote storage unit, which is the target of detailed examination, based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 at that time. In addition, the storage unit 43 other than the detailed object is also added with the amount of settlement.

< self-detailed retry processing >

On the other hand, in the case where there is a bill which is recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 17 and is conveyed to the input unit 11 in a state where the shutter 13 is closed in the circuit path of the self-detailed-check processing of the worn-bill storage unit, the paper-sheet processing apparatus 10 conveys the bill by the preceding path of the self-detailed-check retry processing shown by a thick line in fig. 6A. That is, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 separates and feeds out the banknotes one by one from the insertion unit 11 while the shutter 13 is kept closed. The fed banknotes are transported to the temporary storage 18 by the deposit transport path 21, the internal transport path 25 of the recognition unit 17, and the linear transport path 26, and are temporarily stored in the temporary storage 18. At this time, the recognition unit 17 does not recognize the bill even during the conveyance in the first direction in the internal conveyance path 25.

Next, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes from the subsequent route of the detailed review retry process shown by a thick line in fig. 6B. That is, the paper-sheet handling apparatus 10 feeds out the temporarily stored banknotes from the temporary storage 18, and conveys the banknotes through the linear conveyance path 26, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the rear-side constituent unit 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the upper-side conveyance unit 55 of the up-down conveyance path 46, and the storage conveyance path 51. During the conveyance in the second direction of the internal conveyance path 25 at this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the bill. Based on the recognition result, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes to the storage section selected based on the recognition result among the eight storage sections 43 and stores the banknotes by using any one of the storage and conveyance paths 51 and the branch conveyance paths 72 to 74. (see the thick solid line of FIG. 6B). On the other hand, during the conveyance in the second direction from the internal conveyance path 25 on the subsequent route of the detailed examination retry process, the recognition unit 17 recognizes an abnormality of the bill, an abnormality of the conveyance, or the like. When such an abnormality is detected, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 stores the abnormal banknotes in the damaged banknote storage section.

Through the above self-detailed examination retry process, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 can re-identify the banknotes that were once recognized as abnormal banknotes at the time of the self-detailed examination process and stored in the storage unit 43 set as the worn banknote storage unit. In the self-detailed-inspection retry process, if the banknote to be processed is recognized as a normal banknote (including a worn banknote), the banknote is stored in the storage unit 43 corresponding to the recognition result.

When all the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 are in a state of being transported to any one of the eight storage units 43, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 determines the amount information, which is the number information of the defective banknotes, which are the normal banknotes stored in the defective banknote storage unit, which is the subject of detailed examination, based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 at that time. In addition, the storage unit 43 other than the detailed object is also added with the amount of settlement.

In the above embodiment, in the subsequent route of the self-examination retry process shown in fig. 6B, when the abnormal banknotes are detected by the recognition unit 17 during the conveyance in the second direction of the internal conveyance path 25, the paper-sheet processing apparatus 10 stores the abnormal banknotes in the worn-out banknote storage unit. However, in another embodiment, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 may transport the abnormal banknotes to the insertion unit 11 again and perform the self-examination retry process again. The abnormal banknotes, which are judged to be abnormal or have been subjected to the predetermined number of self-detailed retry processes, are stored in the storage unit 43, which is set as a worn banknote storage unit.

As described above, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys the abnormal banknotes recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 17 when the abnormal banknotes are fed from the temporary storage unit 18 and pass through the recognition unit 17 in the second direction during the self-detailed inspection process of the worn banknote storage unit, to the insertion unit 11. Thereafter, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 sends out the banknotes transported from the input unit 11 in the previous route of the self-examination retry process, passes the banknotes in the first direction through the recognition unit 17, and returns the banknotes to the temporary storage unit 18. Next, in the subsequent route of the self-examination retry process, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 feeds out the banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 18 from the temporary storage unit 18, passes through the recognition unit 17 in the second direction, and is recognized by the recognition unit 17. Then, the recognized banknotes are stored in the storage unit 43 selected based on the recognition result.

When the storage unit 43 set as the worn-out bill storage unit is the subject of detailed examination, if the abnormal bills remain in the storage unit 43 even if the above-described self-detailed examination retry process is performed, the total settlement amount of the storage unit 43 cannot be specified. Therefore, in order to determine the total amount of money to be paid out in the storage unit 43 set as the worn-out bill storage unit, the paper sheet handling device 10 may feed out the abnormal bills from the storage unit 43, and convey the abnormal bills to the discharge unit 12 through one of the branch conveyance paths 72 to 74, the storage conveyance path 51, the upper conveyance path 55 of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46, the rear side constituent unit 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the front side conveyance path unit 31 of the linear conveyance path 26, the intermediate conveyance path unit 32, and the withdrawal conveyance path 27. In this way, the settlement amount can be manually corrected by inserting the abnormal banknotes again into the insertion unit 11 or by manually checking the abnormal banknotes.

When the input unit 11 is dedicated to deposit money, the input unit 11 has only a feeding mechanism for separating banknotes one by one and feeding them into the apparatus, and is not equipped with a mechanism such as an impeller for stacking banknotes when feeding the banknotes to the input unit 11. In this case, in order to suppress the stacking abnormality of the banknotes in the input unit 11, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 controls the feeding interval of the banknotes to perform intermittent feeding (e.g., intermittent feeding every 200 ms). Note that the carriage plate 19 may be used as a bill stacking table, and each time one bill is fed to the input unit 11, the bill may be stacked by being lowered by a predetermined amount. Further, when a certain number of banknotes are stacked, the mounting plate 19 may be raised by a certain amount to sort the banknotes, thereby reducing stacking failure.

Further, if a limit is set on the number of sheets to be fed to the input unit 11 for recognition of the adjustment sheets, the possibility of occurrence of stacking failure can be suppressed to a low level. That is, the following control may be performed: when a predetermined number of sheets of the recognition adjustment paper are fed out, the banknotes are taken out from the input unit 11.

As described above, in the self-detailed-check processing of the storage units 43 other than the storage unit set as the worn-out note storage unit, the abnormal banknotes recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 17 are stored in the storage unit 43 set as the worn-out note storage unit, and the self-detailed-check retry processing is performed only in the self-detailed-check processing of the storage unit 43. However, when the self-detailed check processing of the storage unit 43 other than the worn banknote storage unit is set, the same self-detailed check retry processing may be performed for the abnormal banknotes recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 17. That is, in the self-detailed-check process of the storage units 43 other than the storage unit set as the worn-out note storage unit, the abnormal banknotes are temporarily retracted to the temporary storage unit 18 in the preceding route of the self-detailed-check process, and thereafter, the abnormal banknotes fed out from the temporary storage unit 18 and recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 17 are conveyed to the insertion unit 11 in the subsequent route of the self-detailed-check process. Thereafter, in the preceding route of the self-examination retry process, the banknotes are fed out from the insertion unit 11 and returned to the temporary storage unit 18. Then, in the subsequent route of the self-detailed-examination retry process, the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 18 are sent out from the temporary storage unit 18, recognized by the recognition unit 17, and then stored in the corresponding storage unit 43.

< Cartridge replenishment processing >

Referring to fig. 7, the cassette replenishment to the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 is performed as follows. First, when cassette replenishment is performed, banknotes are stored in the front cassette 42 from the outside of the apparatus. Next, the cover 77 of the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 is opened, and the unit main body 76 is pulled out from the casing 75. The front case 42 is attached to the unit main body 76 by being exchanged with the front case 42 attached previously.

When a selection operation of the cassette replenishment process is input to the operation display unit 14, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes through a route before the cassette replenishment process shown by a thick line in fig. 7. That is, the banknotes are fed out from the front cassette 42, and the fed-out banknotes are conveyed by the upper and lower conveyance paths 46, the rear-side constituent part 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the front-side conveyance section 31 of the linear conveyance path 26, and the intermediate conveyance section 32. During the conveyance of the banknotes in the first direction in the internal conveyance path 25 at this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the banknotes. The banknotes recognized as receivable based on the recognition result are conveyed from the rear side path portion 33 of the linear conveyance path 26 to the temporary storage portion 18. The transported banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 (see thick solid lines in fig. 7). Since the front box 42 is of a stack storage type, there is a possibility that the banknotes fed out are abnormally conveyed, such as double feeding and skew feeding. Banknotes identified as unacceptable, including such conveyance-defective banknotes, are conveyed from the intermediate conveyance path portion 32 of the linear conveyance path 26 to the withdrawal conveyance path 27, and further conveyed to the discharge portion 12 (see thick solid lines to thick broken lines in fig. 7). The banknotes conveyed to the discharge section 12 can be taken out from the outside.

Since the storage capacity of the front case 42 is larger than the storage capacity of the temporary storage unit 18, the temporary storage unit 18 may become full before the front case 42 becomes empty. When the front cassette 42 becomes empty or the temporary storage 18 becomes full, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 conveys banknotes by a cassette replenishment process subsequent route that is the same as the storage process route shown by the thick line in fig. 2B. That is, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage 18 are fed out by the temporary storage 18 and conveyed through the linear conveyance path 26, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the rear-side constituent unit 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the upper-side conveyance unit 55 of the up-down conveyance path 46, and the storage conveyance path 51. At this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the bill while the bill is being conveyed in the second direction in the internal conveyance path 25. Then, the banknotes including the worn banknotes and the abnormal banknotes are distributed to the storage section corresponding to the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 among the eight storage sections 43 through one transport path selected based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 among the storage transport path 51 and the branch transport paths 72 to 74. The dispensed banknotes are stored in the corresponding storage sections 43.

The above process is appropriately repeated until the banknotes stored in the front cassette 42 become empty. In this way, the banknotes stored in the front cassette 42 are respectively allocated to and stored in the storage sections corresponding to the recognition result of the recognition section 17 among the eight storage sections 43.

< intake replenishment processing >

When a selection operation of the inlet refill is input to the operation display unit 14, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 first conveys banknotes by the same inlet refill preceding route as the inlet refill route shown by the thick line in fig. 2A. That is, first, the input unit 11 separates and feeds out banknotes one by one. The banknotes fed out from the input unit 11 are transported by the deposit transport path 21, the internal transport path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the front side transport path unit 31 of the linear transport path 26, and the intermediate transport path unit 32. At this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the bill while the bill is being conveyed in the first direction in the internal conveyance path 25. The banknotes recognized as receivable by the recognition unit 17 are conveyed from the intermediate conveyance unit 32 of the linear conveyance path 26 to the rear conveyance unit 33, and further conveyed to the temporary storage unit 18. The transported banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 (see thick solid lines in fig. 2A). Meanwhile, the banknotes (including conveyance-abnormal banknotes) recognized as unreceivable by the recognition unit 17 are conveyed from the intermediate conveyance unit 32 of the linear conveyance path 26 to the withdrawal conveyance path 27, and further conveyed to the discharge unit 12 (see thick solid lines to thick broken lines in fig. 2A). The banknotes conveyed to the discharge section 12 can be taken out from the outside.

When all the banknotes inserted into the insertion section 11 are conveyed to one of the temporary storage section 18 and the discharge section 12, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes by the subsequent route of the deposit port replenishment processing which is the same as the route of the storage processing shown by the thick line in fig. 2B. That is, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 are fed out by the temporary storage unit 18. The fed banknotes are conveyed by the linear conveyance path 26, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the rear-side constituent unit 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the upper conveyance path unit 55 of the up-down conveyance path 46, and the storage conveyance path 51. At this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the bill while the bill is being conveyed in the second direction in the internal conveyance path 25. Then, the banknotes including the worn banknotes and the abnormal banknotes are distributed to the storage section corresponding to the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 among the eight storage sections 43 through one transport path selected based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17 among the storage transport path 51 and the branch transport paths 72 to 74. The dispensed banknotes are stored in the corresponding storage sections 43. In this way, the banknotes inserted into the insertion section 11 are respectively allocated to and stored in the storage sections corresponding to the recognition result of the recognition section 17 among the eight storage sections 43.

< recovery treatment >

When the selection operation of the collection process is input to the operation display unit 14, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes through the previous route of the collection process, which is the same as the outgoing route of the self-detailed-inspection process shown by the thick line in fig. 5A. That is, one of the eight storage units 43 to be collected feeds out the banknotes. The banknotes fed out from the storage unit to be collected are conveyed to the temporary storage unit 18 through the conveyance path corresponding to the storage unit to be collected among the branch conveyance paths 72 to 74, the storage conveyance path 51, the upper conveyance path unit 55 of the upper and lower conveyance paths 46, the rear side constituent unit 49 of the deposit conveyance path 21, the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17, and the linear conveyance path 26. The transported banknotes are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18. In this way, all banknotes in one storage unit 43 to be collected are conveyed to the temporary storage unit 18.

Next, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 conveys the banknotes by a succeeding path of the collection process shown by a thick line in fig. 8. That is, the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 are fed out by the temporary storage unit 18. The fed banknotes are transported to the front cassette 42 by the linear transport path 26, the internal transport path 25 of the recognition unit 17, the rear side constituent unit 49 of the deposit transport path 21, and the up-down transport path 46, and are stored in the front cassette 42.

Such a process is performed on the storage units 43 (or all of them in some cases) designated for the recovery process. Thereafter, the cover 77 of the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 is opened, and the front cassette 42 is removed from the unit main body 76.

< identification adjustment processing >

As described above, since the recognition unit 17 recognizes the bill while passing the bill in the first and second directions, it is necessary to perform recognition adjustment in both the first direction and the second direction opposite to the first direction.

When an operation for recognizing the adjustment process is input to the operation display unit 14, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 opens the shutter 13. When a plurality of identification adjustment sheets, which are sheets for identification adjustment, are input to the input unit 11 from the outside in this state, a sensor, not shown, detects this. Then, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 closes the shutter 13, and then conveys a plurality of identification adjustment sheets through the outward route of the identification adjustment process shown by the thick line in fig. 9A. That is, first, the throw-in unit 11 feeds out the identification adjustment sheets one by one. The fed recognition adjustment sheet is conveyed by the deposit conveyance path 21 and the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17. At this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the recognition adjustment sheets one by one while the recognition adjustment sheets are being conveyed in the first direction in the internal conveyance path 25. After that, the recognized recognition adjustment paper is conveyed to the temporary storage unit 18 through the linear conveyance path 26, and is temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 (see thick solid lines in fig. 9A).

Next, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 conveys the identification adjustment paper sheet by using a loop route of the identification adjustment processing shown by a thick line in fig. 9B. That is, first, a plurality of sheets of the identification adjustment paper temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 are fed out one by the temporary storage unit 18. The fed recognition-adjusted paper is conveyed by the linear conveyance path 26 and the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17. At this time, the recognition unit 17 recognizes the recognition-adjusted paper sheets one by one while the recognition-adjusted paper sheets are being conveyed in the second direction in the internal conveyance path 25. After that, the recognition and adjustment sheets are conveyed to the input unit 11 in a state where the shutter 13 is closed through the deposit conveyance path 21 and stacked. Thereafter, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 opens the shutter 13, and can take out the identification adjustment sheets from the input unit 11 from outside the apparatus.

As described above, a predetermined plurality of recognition adjustment sheets are passed through the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17 in the first direction, and the recognition level of the recognition unit 17 during conveyance in the first direction is adjusted based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17. Similarly, a predetermined plurality of recognition adjustment sheets are passed through the internal conveyance path 25 of the recognition unit 17 in the second direction, and the recognition level of the recognition unit 17 during conveyance in the second direction is adjusted based on the recognition result of the recognition unit 17.

As described above, in the recognition adjustment processing, the recognition portion 17 recognizes the recognition-adjusted sheet while passing the recognition-adjusted sheet in the first direction through the recognition portion 17, and the recognition portion 17 recognizes the recognition-adjusted sheet while passing the recognition-adjusted sheet in the second direction. In the recognition adjustment processing, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 causes the recognition adjustment paper fed into the input portion 11 and fed therefrom to pass through the recognition portion 17 in the first direction, and the recognition portion 17 recognizes the paper sheet. Thereafter, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 conveys the identification adjustment paper to the temporary storage unit 18, feeds the identification adjustment paper out of the temporary storage unit 18, passes through the identification unit 17 in the second direction, is identified by the identification unit 17, and returns the identification adjustment paper to the input unit 11. In the recognition unit 17, the recognition level of the recognition unit 17 is adjusted so that the first and second recognition results of the recognition unit 17 that recognizes the adjusted paper sheet while passing the paper sheet in the first and second directions become desired results.

Here, when the input unit 11 is dedicated to deposit money, it is preferable that the input unit 11 performs control for normally stacking the identification adjustment sheets.

In the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 of the present embodiment described above, the banknotes inserted from the outside of the apparatus are fed from the insertion unit 11 into the apparatus, the banknotes are recognized while passing through the recognition unit 17 in the first direction, and the banknotes recognized as receivable are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18. On the other hand, the banknotes recognized as unacceptable are conveyed to the discharge unit 12 and can be taken out from the apparatus. The paper sheet handling apparatus 10 recognizes the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 while passing through the recognition unit 17 in the second direction, and stores the recognized banknotes in the storage unit 43 based on the recognition result. On the other hand, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 can convey the banknotes temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 to the input unit 11 after passing through the recognition unit 17 in the second direction and simultaneously recognizing the banknotes.

Therefore, when the adjustment processing of the recognition level of the recognition unit 17 for recognizing the adjustment paper is used, the recognition adjustment paper fed into the input unit 11 and fed out from the input unit 11 is passed through the recognition unit 17 in the first direction, recognized, and then conveyed to the temporary storage unit 18, and the recognition adjustment paper is fed out from the temporary storage unit 18, passed through the recognition unit 17 in the second direction, recognized, and then returned to the input unit 11. Therefore, the adjusted paper can be identified and transported back and forth by the path connecting the input unit 11, the identifying unit 17, and the temporary storage unit 18. Therefore, the processing time of the recognition adjustment processing can be shortened.

In order to understand the above embodiments of the present invention in more detail, a conventional paper sheet handling apparatus will be described.

In the conventional paper sheet handling apparatus, when the recognition portion can recognize the paper sheets in both the forward and reverse directions, the adjustment work of the recognition level by the recognition portion requires that the recognition portion recognize the paper sheets by conveying the dedicated recognition adjustment paper sheets in both the forward and reverse directions every time the predetermined number of sheets of paper are conveyed. When the identification adjustment sheet is caused to pass through the identification section in the forward direction, the identification adjustment sheet is conveyed in the order of the input section, the identification section, and the temporary storage section. On the other hand, when the identification adjustment sheet is caused to pass through the identification section in the reverse direction, the identification adjustment sheet is conveyed in the order of the temporary storage section, the identification section, and the storage section. When the recognition-adjusted paper passes through the recognition unit in the first and second directions, the recognition level is adjusted so that the recognition unit outputs a desired recognition result. In the conventional paper sheet handling apparatus, it is necessary to convey the identification adjustment paper from the storage section to the discharge section in order to collect the identification adjustment paper.

More specifically, in the conventional paper-sheet processing apparatus, the structure in which the reference numerals of the paper-sheet processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment are given will be described, and the identification adjustment paper fed into the input portion 11 and fed out from the input portion 11 is identified by the identification portion 17 while passing through the identification portion 17 in the first direction, and then is conveyed to the temporary storage portion 18. Then, the recognition-adjusted sheet is fed out from the temporary storage section 18, passes through the recognition section 17 in the second direction, is recognized by the recognition section 17, is conveyed to a predetermined storage section 43, and is conveyed from the storage section 43 to the discharge section 12 in the same manner as the withdrawal process.

In this way, in the conventional paper sheet handling apparatus, the identification adjustment paper sheet having passed through the identification section in the second direction is conveyed to the temporary storage section, and is conveyed from the storage section to the discharge section. Therefore, it takes more time than when the recognition adjustment sheet is conveyed in the first direction in the recognition unit and recognized. When the identification adjustment sheet is conveyed in the order of the temporary storage unit, the identification unit, and the storage unit, the storage unit as a conveyance destination is used as a circulation bank, and therefore the storage unit needs to be empty. In this case, when the storage unit stores bills, it is necessary to avoid mixing of the bills with the identification adjustment paper, and therefore, it is necessary to perform an adjustment operation of collecting all the bills and then entering the identification unit. Therefore, the number of processes is further increased, which is more troublesome.

In contrast, in the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, after the recognition adjustment paper is conveyed in the second direction by the recognition unit 17, the recognition adjustment paper can be conveyed from the recognition unit 17 to the input unit 11. Therefore, since the throw-in unit 11 can be used as the discharge destination of the recognition adjustment sheet, the transport distance of the recognition adjustment sheet is short, and the processing time of the recognition adjustment process can be shortened. That is, the collection operation from the circulation box, which is required in the conventional recognition adjustment, can be omitted, and the number of steps for conveying the banknotes can be reduced, so that the time for the processing operation can be shortened.

In addition, the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment can also shorten the processing time in the self-detailed examination process. That is, when considering the self-detailed processing: that is, the banknotes in the storage section 43 are fed out from the storage section 43 and temporarily stored in the temporary storage section 18, and then the banknotes in the temporary storage section 18 are fed out from the temporary storage section 18 and passed through the recognition section 17 in the second direction while being recognized, and then stored in the storage section 43. At this time, when the banknotes are fed out from the temporary storage unit 18 and pass through the recognition unit 17 in the second direction, the paper-sheet processing apparatus 10 can convey the abnormal banknotes recognized as the abnormality of recognition or the abnormality of conveyance, etc. by the recognition unit 17, to the insertion unit 11. Then, the banknotes recognized as abnormal can be fed out again from the insertion section 11, conveyed to the temporary storage section 18, then fed out from the temporary storage section 18, re-recognized in the reverse direction at the same time by the recognition section 17, and stored in the storage section 43 based on the result. Therefore, the transport distance for re-recognition of the banknotes that are temporarily recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 17 is shortened, and the manual insertion operation into the insertion unit 11 can be omitted. Therefore, the processing time of the self-detailed examination process can be shortened, and the workload can be suppressed.

In the self-detailed examination process of the conventional paper sheet handling apparatus, when the structure of the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is described with reference to the reference numerals, for example, in the self-detailed examination process of the storage units 43 other than the storage unit set as the worn-out note storage unit, abnormal banknotes that are fed from the temporary storage unit 18 and pass through the recognition unit 17 in the second direction and recognized as abnormal by the recognition unit 17 are stored in a predetermined storage unit 43 set as the worn-out note storage unit. Then, when the storage unit 43 set as the worn-note storage unit is subjected to the self-detailed-checking process, the banknotes are transported from the storage unit 43 set as the worn-note storage unit to the discharge unit 12, the banknotes input to the input unit 11 are temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 18 in association with the manual input operation from the discharge unit 12 to the input unit 11, and then the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 18 are sent out from the temporary storage unit 18, pass through the recognition unit 17 in the second direction, are recognized by the recognition unit 17, and are then stored in the storage unit 43.

In contrast, the paper sheet handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment can transport the banknotes that have passed through the recognition unit 17 in the second direction from the recognition unit 17 to the insertion unit 11. Therefore, the insertion section 11 can be used as a temporary withdrawal destination of the banknotes recognized as abnormal. The paper sheet handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment can feed out the banknotes recognized as abnormal, which are stored in the input unit 11, from the input unit 11, store the banknotes in the temporary storage unit 18, then feed out the banknotes from the temporary storage unit 18, recognize the banknotes again by the recognition unit 17, and store the banknotes in the storage unit 43. Therefore, the transport distance of the banknotes is shortened, and the manual movement of the banknotes is not performed any more, so that the processing time of the self-detailed-inspection process can be shortened and the workload of the self-detailed-inspection process can be suppressed. In addition, the occurrence of a user operation of taking in/out banknotes can be suppressed, so that the process becomes simple, and the possibility of occurrence of an error can be reduced. In addition, since the possibility of discharging the money in the device to the outside can be reduced, the possibility of causing a problem in managing the money in the device can also be reduced. Therefore, it is also possible to contribute to strict management of the settlement amount in the device.

Industrial applicability

Although the paper sheet processing apparatus 10 for processing paper sheets has been described as an example, the present invention can be applied to an apparatus for processing various paper sheets such as securities other than banknotes and vouchers.

Description of the reference numerals

10 paper sheet processing device

11 input part

12 discharge part

17 identification part

18 temporary storage section

43 receiving part

Claims (3)

1. A paper sheet handling apparatus comprising:

an input unit into which paper sheets are input from the outside and from which the input paper sheets are sent out to the inside;

a recognition unit that recognizes the paper sheets fed from the input unit while allowing the paper sheets to pass in a first direction, and recognizes the paper sheets while allowing the paper sheets to pass in a second direction opposite to the first direction;

a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores the paper sheets that are fed from the input unit and recognized as receivable by the recognition unit passing in the first direction, and feeds out the temporarily stored paper sheets;

a discharge unit that stores the paper sheets that are fed from the input unit and identified as unacceptable by the identification unit so that the paper sheets can be taken out to the outside;

a storage section that stores the paper sheets that are fed out from the temporary storage section and identified by the identification section passing in the second direction;

the paper sheet handling device conveys the paper sheets fed out from the temporary storage unit and identified by the identification unit passing in the second direction to the input unit.

2. The sheet handling device of claim 1,

the identification adjustment processing is processing in which the identification portion identifies the paper sheets for identification adjustment while the paper sheets for identification adjustment pass through the identification portion in the first direction, and the identification portion identifies the paper sheets for identification adjustment while the identification portion passes through the identification portion in the second direction,

in the recognition adjustment process, the paper sheets for recognition adjustment fed into the input portion and fed out from the input portion are passed through the recognition portion in the first direction and recognized by the recognition portion, and then conveyed to the temporary storage portion, and the paper sheets for recognition adjustment are fed out from the temporary storage portion, passed through the recognition portion in the second direction and recognized by the recognition portion, and then returned to the input portion.

3. The sheet handling device of claim 1,

the self-detailed-check processing is processing for feeding out the paper sheets stored in the storage unit from the storage unit and temporarily storing the paper sheets in the temporary storage unit, then feeding out the paper sheets stored in the temporary storage unit from the temporary storage unit and passing the paper sheets through the identification unit in the second direction, and simultaneously identifying the paper sheets by the identification unit, and then storing the paper sheets in the storage unit again,

in the self-detailed-check processing, the sheet-like materials that are fed out from the temporary storage section and identified as abnormal by the identification section when passing through the identification section in the second direction are conveyed to the input section, then fed out from the input section and returned to the temporary storage section, fed out from the temporary storage section and passed through the identification section in the second direction, and identified by the identification section.

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